shoddy meaning and definition

SHODDY noun

Definition of shoddy (noun)

1. reclaimed wool fiber

SHODDY adjective

Definition of shoddy (adjective)

1. cheap and shoddy
   • "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
   • synonyms: cheapjack, tawdry
2. of inferior workmanship and materials
   • "mean little jerry-built houses"
   • synonyms: jerry-built
3. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
   • "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
   • synonyms: deceptive, misleading